Postero-medio-anterior approach of the ankle for the pilon fracture

Injury

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 71-74

  Kao, Kuo Feng ^a   Huang, Peng Ju ^a   Chen, Ying Wang ^a   Cheng, Yuh Min ^a   Lin, Sen Yuen ^a   Ko, Shu Hua ^a  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pilon fracture; Surgical approach

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANKLE FRACTURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRACTURE FIXATION; HUMAN; MALE; OPEN REDUCTION; OSTEOSYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0033959290     PISSN: 00201383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0020-1383(99)00202-8     Document Type: Article

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